The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-12
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


SUNFLowERs make good, hot fire, and for
centuries have been raised for fuel in Tartary
and Russia, Now they are being cultivated Tor
that purpose in Dakota.
BUNKER HILL MONUMENT was completed on
July %, 1912. The obelisk is 30 feet square at
the base, IL feet square at the top and 221 feet
high. II is built of Quincy granite.
THE six largest cities in the world are London,
with population of 4,164,312; Paris, 2,269, Ga3:
Canton (China). 10000; New York, 1,449, 600;
Aitchi Japan, 1872 $50; Berlin, 1,122, $50.
\ WOMAN who lives three-quarters of mile
from the natural bridge of Virginia has never
been nearer the curiosity though having hun
dreds of opportunities in the last twenty years.
SOME Illinois girls tried to see who could walk
the fartheSt on the rails of a railroad without
falling off, andthree of the crowd went through
a cattle guard in heap and fell upon tramp
and killed him.
A LEAF of the giant waterily Victoria regia)
has been known to measure "a feet 81 inches in
circumference its weight being nearly IA
pounds. One of the flowers was feet inches
in circumference.
IN Chicago the pawnbrokers must give written
reports of all property that goes into their
hands, under penalty of mourning heavy fine
and having their licenses revoked. This makes
it easy for detectives to hunt up stolen property
THE will of an old lady who recently died in
Vienna left all her property, valued at 10000
forms, to her 19-year-old niece, on condition
that the latter would never wear clothes of any
other cut than those worn by her aunt, and the
niece accepted the conditions.
A CITIZEN of New York, whose house was
robbed, went to report his loss at police sta
ton, but says that when he had made known
his erTand the sergeant in charge answered,
oh go hang YOURSELF He sensibly wrote to
the newspapers of his treatment instead.
THE first mention of ice cream that is found
in our history is in the account of the festivities
following Washington's first Inauguration as
President in the city of New York in 1880
Among the ices used on that occasion was ice
cream which is said to have been prepared, or
at least suggested by Dolly Adams.
A LEEDS, Eng, LADY has tame maybe which
is accustomed to receive dainty little bits from
the rosy lips of its fair owner. One day it
perched on her shoulders as usual, and inserted
its heak between her lips, not, as it happened,
to receive, for, as one good turn deserves an
other, the grateful bird dropped an immense
green fat caterpillar into the lady's mouth.
APRoPos of Croker of Ballinagarde, y the
Sheriff who conducted the evictions at Bodyke,
correspondent writes to us: There is a story
told of one of those Crokers Of the same place.
now WDen ne was dying ne nad nlfnSelt brought
to window that he might look out upon his
lands for the last time-the lands which his fore
fathers dishonesty got. Sweet Ballinagarde,
how can leave you?' said he in much anguish.
oh, you are going to better place was the
soothing expression of one of the auditors I
doubt you was the touching rejoinder of the
dying man."
a TRUNK that was found among the unclaimed
baggage, after the recent Champagne disaster,
says Paris special to the New York World, was
opened few days ago to trace its ownership. On
the trunk was the name of a German staff Off
Ger. In the trunk, cards bearing the same name
and rank were found. There were also in this
various forts and protected places in France
which were clearly the work of a spy. There
were other papers in the trunk which further
established the identity of the officer in cues
ton, who it is now believed, was lost or drowned
during the disaster.
OUT of 237 pupils in the senior class of Har-
ward 80 have sat for a composite photograph,
and the other 1873 are going to come in. Great
interest is felt in the experiment and much
curiosity is the result. Everything in COM
posite photograph tones down and fades away
until the average mouth and the average nose
and eyes are produced, so that, even though ten
or fifteen men might have regular Kossuth
boards, these boards would melt away before
the men like snow in spring. The last diagnosis,
however, encourages the class to believe that
there will be moustache on the picture. Since
then bets are up on whose moustache it will
most resemble.
The new steel sloop now being built by Gen.
Paine, at Wilmington, Del, as a defender of the
Americas cup, will carry considerably more
sail than the Mayhower Like the Thistle and
unlike the Mayfower, she has a clipper stern
She is 3$4 inches longer on the water line has
21s inches less beam and foot more draught
1t will thus be seen that the cutter element in
limo lie
the Mayflower The area in square feet of her
midship section is 96 feet to the Mayfiower's 80
feet. The bilge of the new sloop is fuller and
the freeboard straighter than the Mayfow-
ers The new sloopS mast will be feet, her
main boom feet and her spinnalzer boom feet
longer than the Mayfower's She ought to be.
the experts say, very powerful boat.
MINNEAPoIIs PRINTERS have in their midst
what they regard as phenomenal typesetter.
His name is Min, and he halls from Sioux CITY.
He is known as the Missouri River Rusher.m
but his experience until very recently was CON
fined wholly to country newspapers He was
employed for time on the Sioux City Journal
and subsequently, went to Chicago His first
work on metropolitan papers was in Chicago
He is now employed on a Minneapolis paper
He was put on a case a week ago and worked
seven successive nights, FASTING up a string of
10l, 900 ems. This is an average of A. 1913 ems
per night The work was on straight matter =
Min having had but very little ''phat" and mo
bonuses during the week. He can set 9. 900 ems
per hour with comparative ease. Minneapolis
printers are thinking Of putting Min against
any printer in the country for weeks tyne
setting match.
\ PRIVATE LETTER, dated June 3, from the
Seminole Agency, Indian Territory, gives a de-
tailed account of the legal execution, by shoot
ing, of two Seminole Indians named Atowah
and Saunds, at point on Little river in the
Seminole country The crime expiated was the
murder of a companion in drunken frolic in
the beginning of May Detection trial convic-
ton and sentence followed with rapditv. The
condemned were middle-aged men, handsome
and stalwart. The execution occurred at noon
day in the presence of about 200 persons many
of whom were relatives of the murdererS or
their victims, the audience including a number
of women and children. Religious exercises of
an Impressive character preceded the shooting
in which the doomed men Joined Both
then made brief address. saw
ing in substance that the cause of their
present situation was whisky, and urging all
especially the youth, to be temperate The death
warrant being read, the men were conducted to
blanket which was spread upon the ground
the ends OF which were staked down They
knelt, n bandage was placed over their ewes. and
their hands, taken by officers, were stretched
out on either side. The eXecutioners then adj
vanced, pistols in hand, and, taking deliberate
aim at the hearts of the condemned, fired stimuli
taneously. The men fell forward on their faces
dying in about six minutes. The bodies were
given TO friends, who had them Inferred with
considerable ceremony The execution, though
not unusual, made deep impression and the
spectators dispersed in silence, apparently re-